We started this term thinking about how inventions have changed the way we live, learn and play.
We discussed why people invent things:
To help us do things
To help us travel
To protect the environment
To help animals
To make things easier
To entertain us
To keep us warm and safe
We used the alphabetical thinkers key to help us think about the variety of inventions there are.
We were very lucky to have friends of the school bring in the inventions they use to help them travel.
First we have a visit from Sarah with her horse and cart. A couple of us even got to ride in it. BubbleShare: Share photos - Easy Photo Sharing
Then Bryce dropped in in his helicopter, a very different invention, but still used to help people travel. BubbleShare: Share photos - Easy Photo Sharing
We looked at the parts of the helicopter really carefully and did some junk modelling to create our own helicopter. We even got the rotor blades to turn around by using split pins. BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
Then, on Thursday, Jabba and Micheal came in with trier truck and Bob Cat to dig up the old playground. Jabba showed us how it worked and answered our questions. BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
We made power-points about the different visitors:
We started this term thinking about how inventions have changed the way we live, learn and play.
We discussed why people invent things:
We used the alphabetical thinkers key to help us think about the variety of inventions there are.
We were very lucky to have friends of the school bring in the inventions they use to help them travel.
First we have a visit from Sarah with her horse and cart. A couple of us even got to ride in it.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Easy Photo Sharing
Then Bryce dropped in in his helicopter, a very different invention, but still used to help people travel.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Easy Photo Sharing
We looked at the parts of the helicopter really carefully and did some junk modelling to create our own helicopter. We even got the rotor blades to turn around by using split pins.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
Then, on Thursday, Jabba and Micheal came in with trier truck and Bob Cat to dig up the old playground. Jabba showed us how it worked and answered our questions.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
We made power-points about the different visitors: